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โรงพยาบาลสรรพสิทธิประสงค์
Say “rong phayaban Sanphasit”. On Sunpasit Road, about a kilometre north-east of Thung Si Mueang and just south of the airport; every driver in the city knows it.
Often shortened to รพ.สรรพสิทธิ์ in speech and on signs.
- TypePublic — Ministry of Public Health regional hospital for Health Region 10
- BedsAbout 1,188
- Address122 Sunpasit Road, Nai Mueang, Mueang Ubon Ratchathani, Ubon Ratchathani 34000
- Switchboard+66 45 319 200
- Websitesunpasit.go.th
- LanguagesThai; some English
- On the mapOpen in Google Maps
The big one. Sunpasitthiprasong has 1,188 beds across 77 wards, five declared centres of excellence and a clinical teaching role for two medical schools, and it is the Ministry of Public Health’s referral hospital for Health Region 10 — Ubon Ratchathani, Sisaket, Yasothon, Amnat Charoen and Mukdahan. Prices are public-hospital prices; the trade-off is queues, crowded wards and paperwork mostly in Thai.
What it is known for
Scale, and being the end of the line. The hospital opened in the 1930s, one of a set built along the Lao border on the government’s orders, and later took the name of the prince who had governed the old Isan monthon. It now runs 1,188 beds in 77 wards, and states that it has more intensive-care rooms than any other hospital in Thailand, with declared centres of excellence in cardiac care, cancer, trauma, newborn medicine and organ transplantation. It is the referral hospital for Health Region 10 — five provinces — and takes patients from over the border in Laos and Cambodia as well. It also teaches clinical medicine for Khon Kaen University and Ubon Ratchathani University.
Who it suits
Anyone with a serious illness or injury, anyone without insurance who needs real care at a price they can pay, and anyone whose case has gone beyond what a small private hospital can do. Its own slogan promises that it turns nobody away and never says the beds are full. It is not the place for a quick consultation in English: the outpatient queues are long, the wards are busy, forms are in Thai and English is limited to a few doctors and the emergency department. Bring a Thai-speaking friend if you can, and expect to wait unless you have arrived by ambulance.
Cost and insurance
Public-hospital prices. Foreigners are charged more than Thai citizens but still a fraction of what a private hospital bills for the same treatment, and far less than the international hospitals in Bangkok. Payment is settled in cash or by card at the cashier before you leave; insurers almost never direct-bill a Thai public hospital, so expect to pay and claim afterwards. Bring your passport, and ask at the cashier for an itemised receipt and an English-language medical certificate — both are routine requests, but you have to make them.
Getting there
On Sunpasit Road, about a kilometre north-east of Thung Si Mueang and under two kilometres south of Ubon Ratchathani airport, so it is close to both the centre of town and the terminal. Any taxi, tuk-tuk or songthaew will know it; the hospital is a landmark in its own right and gives the road its name. The switchboard is +66 45 319 200. In an emergency call 1669 rather than driving yourself — the ambulance crew will bring you straight into the emergency department.
Details checked against the hospital’s own website, September 2026. Call before a non-urgent visit; in an emergency call 1669 or the hospital’s own emergency line above. Travel information, not medical advice.
The other 4 hospitals in Ubon Ratchathani
- Warin Chamrap HospitalPublic, about 298 beds, Si Sa Ket Road, across the Mun River.
- Kasemrad International Hospital Ubon RatchathaniPrivate, about 100 beds, Chayangkun Road, north of the centre.
- Ubonrak Thonburi HospitalPrivate, about 100 beds, Burapha Nai Road, east of the centre.
- Rom Klao HospitalPrivate, about 50 beds, Upparat Road, near Thung Si Mueang.